To camp, or not to camp?

7:55 PM,
Jun. 20, 2014

Written by

Jeff Gill

One year ago, as I write this in Licking County this week, I was somewhere around 10,000 feet above sea level, looking out across the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.

There I was marveling at the glory of creation, humbled by the chain of grace that had brought me to where I could be with my son at this place, and enjoying the fulfillment of a dream that began decades ago, standing by the door of the old Scout troop meeting room in my hometown, looking at a creased and worn map thumbtacked onto the paneling. A map of Philmont Scout Ranch.

Those memories made that day are, obviously, still with me. I got the ...